Flights
Added on Apr, 30 2008 at 9:39 PM by Sarah
Planning a weekend getaway or summer vacation will more than likely be a little more difficult this year. With the growing worries about the gas prices and cost of everything going through the roof, it will be hard for the average American to run off and have an elaborate vacation while spending the last of their savings. I am sure that all of us are carefully calculating our next financial move, trying to predict how the future of this economical crisis is going to play out. I think that maybe we all need to be tucking away some money and preparing ourselves.
I love to vacation and truly think that we all need a little break from life to just be free of all our worries and troubles. I don’t think that it will be truly possible to find any cheap international flights or even cheap airfares on domestic ones. I am considering some very local travel instead possibly driving, but not too far to a destination and getting some rest for a week or so.
I have watched the airlines discount airfares go up and up and I don’t think that these prices will be on the decline anytime soon. Discount flights are no longer really a discount, just less than the regular prices, which are way too high. I know that the airlines do really have to make back the money from the higher gas prices, but it seems to me that a rate hike of $20.00 a ticket should reasonably cover it. I mean if they fill a flight than they should be able to cover the extra cost relatively easily.
In short, if planning a vacation this year, be careful not to overspend. Keep a little on the side just in case. Also, be sure that you stay more local, so as not to have to pay all the extra cost of the travel to your destination. Price increases are happening regularly especially in the cost of food and transportation, so be a smart traveler, stay somewhere with a fridge if you can and pack some goodies that you get on sale at the local grocery. Whatever you do, plan ahead and don’t count on getting any cheap international flights or cheap airfares for your trip.
This just won’t be happening this year.